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Jump In! Users – a question
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I am going to facilitate a small middle school writing class in the fall. We are going to do some written narrations and I want to use Jump In, too. I’ve just ordered it and I’ve read that there is enough for 2 years of work. I’m not sure I need to make the class that long. I’m wondering what those of you that use it might suggest. I’m a bit flexible, but ideally 1 hour/week for 12 weeks fall and 12 weeks spring is the plan.
Thanks,
Christie
Well, we have not started it yet, I’ve shelved it until next year, but I think you could make it work. There are really two parts to the book – the instruction/lesson part, and then the writing warm-ups which allows the student to practice the various forms of writing learned in the first year. I’ve heard that some people skip over sections, like on writing poetry or narratives and focus on the more academic topics. You may have to be selective in that regard to fit your schedule, but it should work fine. Do you plan to assign “homework” beyond you one hour a week?
I think this is the program Bookworm uses with her boys (or has used), so if you need more details and no one else chimes in, you might pm her (though I’d LOVE to listen in… as usual – can you tell I’m a naturally gifted evesdropper?)
Christie, I’d just select out the topics you really want to cover in one year and focus on those. You might have to have the kids doing daily skills and then go over/prepare for the next week/critique the writing in your weekly classes. I don’t think you’d want to do 5 skills in one day each week. I’d just pick the essay forms or other topics you wanted to cover most and look at the days you’d need to use to cover each one.
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